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MATE CHOICE IN OLIVENZA: INFLUENCE OF BORDER CHANGE ON SPANISH–PORTUGUESE LINEAGES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2009

JORGE ROMÁN-BUSTO ,
VICENTE FUSTER ,
SONIA COLANTONIO ,
PILAR ZULUAGA ,
MARÍA JOSÉ BLANCO  and
MARIA JOAO GUARDADO-MOREIRA
JORGE ROMÁN-BUSTO
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
VICENTE FUSTER
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
SONIA COLANTONIO
Affiliation:
Anthropology Unit, Faculty of Mathematical Physical and Natural Sciences, National University of Córdoba and CONICET, Córdoba, Argentina
PILAR ZULUAGA
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics and I.O., Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
MARÍA JOSÉ BLANCO
Affiliation:
Faculty of Biology, University of Salamanca, Spain
MARIA JOAO GUARDADO-MOREIRA
Affiliation:
Department of Social Sciences and Education, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal
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Summary

The mating pattern in a population determines the next generation gene pool and therefore its genetic structure. Besides socio-cultural and geographic factors, political barriers may influence the formation of couples. The present paper studies how the change of national border affected the mating pattern of Olivenza in Badajoz Province (Spain), which experienced a change of domain from Portugal to Spain in 1801. For the period analysed (1750–1850), 954 Catholic marriage records were transcribed. Data were sorted by decades in order to make a temporal study possible and analysed by means of diversity and repeated-pairs of surnames. Following the change of border the mating pattern modified. Coinciding with a larger number of mixed marriages with Spaniards, there was a progressive rise in the diversity of surnames. From 1811 to 1820 the analysis of repeated-pairs of surnames indicates the existence of preferential matings within Spanish and Portuguese lineages. After 1821 the above pattern became less clear due to the disappearance of the Spanish–Portuguese restrictions on choice of mate.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , January 2010 , pp. 129 - 140
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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